Mullane wants Déise aces to go all the way now

WINNING at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday against the odds has earned De La Salle the right to be taken much more seriously going into the AIB Munster club hurling final against Adare in two weeks time, captain John Mullane insists.

Stating that they have proved themselves in spite of being “written off all year and not given a chance coming down to Cork,” he added: “If Ballygunner or Mount Sion were going up for the final, they’d be going up to win.”

Describing last Sunday’s county championship breakthrough as one of the happiest days of his life, Mullane paid tribute to the contribution of manager Owen Dunphy. “He came in for an awful lot of criticism last year after we got beaten by Lismore in the quarter-final, but he has answered all the questions this year.